Job summaryAbout YouAre you a qualified PWP looking for a new challenge? Are you keen to demonstrate your passion, enthusiasm and clinical expertise and join a service that supports and invests in you?
Then please read on...
NHS Talking Therapies in Stevenage needs another PWP to join its brilliant team!
You'll work alongside other PWPs and the wider team, supporting service users to access psychological therapies, and receiving regular supervision and support from Clinical Seniors and Line Managers.
We are recruiting for a full time post, but will consider applicants who wish to work part time (if this is your preference, please make this clear in your supporting statement).
Main duties of the jobShould I Apply?If you feel you meet the following criteria then we would like to hear from you:
- A qualified Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
- Registered with the BABCP/BPS (or can provide evidence of application)
- Significant experience of working with people with mental health difficulties in a healthcare setting
- A commitment to inclusive and anti discriminatory practice
- Able to work on site in Stevenage at least two days a week and access other areas of Hertfordshire on occasion.
Where Would I Be Based?You would be based in Stevenage and would be part of an experienced and supportive team. This post is a hybrid-working role and there would be an expectation for the post holder to attend the office in Stevenage at least twice a week.
About usHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.
The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesOur staff work in a hybrid blend of home and office working. We provide the facilities for all staff to work full time in the office, but if you are able to provide yourself with a safe, suitable and confidential workspace at home, you may also work in a blended pattern.
Working from home is enabled making extensive use of Microsoft Teams and Outlook.
PWPs in the team offer Low Intensity CBT assessments, groups and treatments, as well as facilitating outreach events in the local community. There is also opportunity to be involved in working groups or champion areas.
A full internal CPD program is on offer to all our staff, which runs throughout the year.
Person SpecificationQUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAININGEssential- Talking Therapies (previously IAPT) Graduate OR Post Graduate Certificate in Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Interventions
- PWP registration with BABCP or BPS OR must be eligible and willing to apply
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCEEssential- Evidence of working with people who have experienced a mental health problem
- Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets
- Experience of working in Primary Care Services
- Worked in a service where agreed targets in place demonstrating clinical outcomes
- Ability to manage own caseload and time
- Demonstrates high standards of written communication
- Demonstrates an understanding of anxiety and depression and how it may present in Primary Care
- Demonstrates a knowledge of the issues surrounding work and the impact it can have on mental health
Desirable- Experience of representing psychology within the context of multi-disciplinary care
- Knowledge of medication used in anxiety and depression and other common mental health problems
COMMUNICATION SKILLSEssential- Advanced communication skills
- Ability to work within a team and foster good working relationships
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills, including telephone skills
- Computer literate
ANALYTICAL SKILLSEssential- Ability to use clinical supervision and personal development positively and effectively
- Ability to evaluate and put in place the effect of training
- Ability to assess common mental health problems
- Demonstrates an understanding for the need to use evidence based psychological therapies and how it relates to this post
DIVERSITYEssential- Regard for others and respect for individual rights of autonomy and confidentiality
PHYSICAL SKILLS/EFFORTEssential- Car driver with ability and willingness to travel to locations throughout the organisation (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving)
- Computer skills for entering clinical notes on electronic patient record
- Requirement to carry laptop/files between office base and remote working in line with all relevant HPFT policies
MENTAL/EMOTIONAL EFFORTEssential- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to concentrate on clinical work and deliver therapy for most of the working day
- Ability to be self-reflective, whilst working with service users, in own personal and professional development and in supervision
- Ability to deal with patients with common mental health problems
- Ability to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients, patients and carers
GENERALEssential- High level of enthusiasm and motivation.
- Welcoming / Kind / Positive / Respectful / Professional
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.Applicants must have current UK professional registration. 
